Benchmarks: Global SOW spend exceeds $500 billion
Businesses worldwide spent an estimated $523 billion on statement-of-work projects last year, according to SIA.
Game Changers: Nominations deadline extended
The nomination survey for the 2020 list CW Program Game Changers list, sponsored by KellyOCG, has been extended until July 10. Make your nomination today.
No CWS 3.0 next week
Your next issue of Contingent Workforce Strategies 3.0 will be delivered on July 15.
150 temporary cannery workers sue buyer over unpaid quarantine
A group of temporary workers filed a lawsuit on Friday against a salmon cannery operator over an allegedly unpaid quarantine period at a hotel in Los Angeles.
Your company’s reputation is on the line: Responding in crisis
Contingent and full-time employees alike are watching to see how companies respond in times of crises, such as Covid-19 and Black Lives Matter. Whether they see indifference or caring is up to you right now. Read more in Staffing Industry Review.
California poised to loosen some AB 5 restrictions
Two California bills meant to loosen AB 5’s restrictions for self-employed professionals in creative industries have been passed by the Assembly, Bloomberg Law reports.
Game Changers: Nominations for 2020 list closes June 30
Submit your nominations for the 2020 CW Program Game Changers list, sponsored by KellyOCG, by June 30.
USCIS settles lawsuit over H-1B processing policies
The agency will readjudicate approximately 200 H-1B applications as part of a broad settlement agreement with the ITServe Alliance over restrictive standards the agency adopted in 2018, JD Supra reports.
Benchmarks: Programs’ contingent usage through 2020, flexibility top reason for buyers
We asked program managers how they anticipate their use of contingent worker types to change during the second half of 2020. Across all nonemployed worker types, participants reported a net reduction in use of more than 25%.
CWS Summit North America 2020 goes virtual
Due to the impact of the global pandemic on our communities and our ecosystem, SIA announced it is hosting the CWS Summit North America this year as a virtual conference.
